Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-05
The Pacific Coast,

The Pacific Coast.
One town in Sierra county Is named
Whisky Diggings and another Brandy
City.
Anthracite coal was found near
Chochcess lake, in Washington territory,
last week.
Millions of jackrabbits infest the sage.
counties, Nevada.
The great sand. bagger, Dennis Kear-
ney. while working his mouth at meet
ing IN San Francisco recently, overbal.
anced himself, fell and busted an arm,
The fracture has silenccd him temper.
arily.
The railr Dad ties laid down near Reno
nineteen years ago, have been taken up
and found to be in a perfect state Of
preservation. An analysis to determine
what protected the wood from rottlng
will be made at once.
Prof. Hilgard, of the university of Cali
fornia, has furnished remarkable
analysis of whisky sold in Sacramento.
The Bee of that city sent him seven sam
piles of whisky purchased in an equal
number of saloons, from the fashionable
fifteen center to the vile five cent
doggery. The result of the analysis is
sufficient to astonish the patrons of the
high.toned saloons and prcciptate q run
on the groggeries. Samples number one
ond two were purchased ut fashionable
saloons, patronized by the best class of
the community. The professor found
that the samples varied little in quail.
tty. The bead was good, taste
sweet and aftertaste peppery, flavor rank
and raw unlike genvine whisky. "Alcohol
by volume, 3l3 per cent; total solid con-
of samples is due to the addition of resin.
GUS substance, probably gum catechu, or
possibly kino. Besides this its pungcncy
has been restored, after the addition of
water, by means of tincture of pepper,
probably "Guinea pepper" to hide the
fac: that it is over 81 below proof e.,
lacks 1876 of the so per cent of alcohol
that "'proot" spirit ought to contain. Its
bead" has likewise been doctored by
contains no glycerine. Tho spirit dis
titled from this sample shows the pres
ence of a large amount OF commercial
fusel oil, or amyl alcohol. It has besides.
however, weak flavor of genuine
whisky, which has doubtless formed the
starting point of the whole" sample
number six was bought at the vilest
den 10 the city into which no
decent man would dare to be seen enter
ing. 1T is the refuge of thieves and the
home of the depraved inebriate brought
to his lowly condition by the vile potions
of that and similar places. Yet Prof. Hill
CARDS remarkable analysis makes out
the whisky sold there better than that at
all the reputable places in town save one.
1t is made out to be superior to number
one, every drachm of which was I'M
ported direct from the distillery and
which is recognlzedby whisky sellers and
drinkers as pure. analysis: Alcohol,
by volume, 1876 per cent; solid contents,
SninHlp
per cent The spirit from dlstillation
showed the flavor of whisky rather less
strongly than should have been the case
but contained no fusel oil or spirits OF
nitrc, creates the suspicion of the addi
ton of neutral spirit. The residue from
distillation showed no foreign addition
to the taste, and the close correspond
cncc of the total solids with the sugar
test corroborates this point. This sample
appears, therefore, to be whisky, with
probably the addition of some neutral
spirit. but nothing else.